Division in VB.NET -

what's difference between / , \ division in vb.net?

my code gives different answers depending on use. i've seen both before, never knew difference.

there 2 ways divide numbers. fast way , slow way. lot of compilers try trick doing fast way. c# 1 of them, try this:

using system;  class program {     static void main(string[] args) {         console.writeline(1 / 2);         console.readline();     } } 

output: 0

are happy outcome? technically correct, documented behavior when left side , right side of expression integers. fast integer division. idiv instruction on processor, instead of (infamous) fdiv instruction. entirely consistent way curly brace languages work. major source of "wtf happened" questions @ so. happy outcome have this:

    console.writeline(1.0 / 2); 

output: 0.5

the left side double, forcing floating point division. kind of result calculator shows. other ways invoke fdiv making right-side floating point number or explicitly casting 1 of operands (double).

vb.net doesn't work way, / operator always floating point division, irrespective of types. do want integer division. that's \ does.